The WTA rankings: Svitolina debuts in the top 10

The women’s tennis Association introduced an updated version of its rating.

The strongest tennis player of Ukrainian Elina Svitolina on Saturday became the champion of a major tournament WTA Premier 5 in Dubai, which allowed Kharkov to start a new week in the status of the 10-th racket of the world. Svitolina became the first Ukrainian included in the elite of professional tennis.

This week Svitolina will defend last year’s title in Kuala Lumpur. Regardless of his results in Malaysia Ukrainian will remain at the 10-th line, as in the top 15 on the WTA tour Elina only this week an official tournament.

Deserves attention and a place Svitolina in the title race WTA at the expense won two tournaments in a row 22-year-old tennis player has shifted to the second line, behind only the Australian Open champion, Serena Williams.

Lesya Tsurenko, despite the failure in Dubai, returned to top 50, and Kateryna Bondarenko, who managed to reach the third round progressed on one line.